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Terms and conditions

1. Introduction

Welcome to this site, which is owned and operated by the Department for Education (“DfE” or “we” or “us”).

These Terms of Use (“Term(s)”) apply to your use of www.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/nationalstrategies. However, the DfE make a number of sites available, and some of those sites may be governed by different terms of use. You should therefore always check which terms of use apply to each of our sites, before you use them.
By using this site, regardless of whether or not you choose to register with us, you are agreeing to these Terms. If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms, you should not use this site.

2. Changes

We may make changes to these Terms at any time. We will let you know what these changes are by posting them to this page. It is your responsibility as a user to make sure that you are aware of these changes. Changes will become effective as soon as they are posted/e-mailed to you. If you continue to use this site after the posting/e-mail of changes to these Terms, it means that you accept any such changes.

3. Privacy policy

We take your privacy seriously. Please read our Privacy Policy to see what personal information we collect through this site and how we deal with this information.

4. Links

Links from this site

This site links to third party sites posted either by us or by our users. We have not reviewed these third party websites and do not control and are not responsible for these websites or their content or availability. We therefore do not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, content or material contained within, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to this site, you do so entirely at your own risk.

If you use a linked site, any personal information you give them will be used in line with their privacy policy, not ours, so please ensure that you read their privacy policy fully before you provide any personal information.

Links to this site

We encourage organisations involved in education, skills and children's services to establish links to this site.
You do not have to ask permission to link directly to pages hosted on this site. However, we do not provide reciprocal links except to our delivery partners and other government departments, or permit our logo to be used as a link.
If your website uses frames, then links to this site should open in a new window.
Any site or service that links to our site:

must not in any way imply that we are endorsing it or its products or services;

must not misrepresent its relationship with us or present false information about us;

must not be a site or service that contains content that could be considered distasteful or offensive.

If you breach these terms, then we have the right to require that your link is removed and to take whatever other action we think appropriate.

5. About content we provide on this site

This site contains content provided by the DfE and others.

DfE content

DfE content is subject to Crown copyright protection which is administered by the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI). The ways in which you are allowed to use Crown copyright material can be found at http://www.education.gov.uk/copyright/. If there is any conflict or inconsistency regarding the use of Crown copyright material between the rules found on that website and these Terms, the rules found on that website will prevail.

Third party content

If you see any material on this site which is identified as belonging to a third party, other than content generated by other users, you will need to get their permission to re-use it beyond viewing it on screen or downloading a page for your personal, private, non-commercial use.
There may also be material on this site which has been generated by other users through our interactive features such as our online learning environments, forums or discussion groups. Please read Your permitted use of UGC on this siteto understand the terms on which you may use this type of content.

6. About content you and other users provide to this site

The following applies to your use of the interactive features contained on this site:

Your permitted use of UGC on this site

if you use or distribute the UGC, you make clear to others the licence terms on which the original work was made available, by directing them to these Terms;

if you create any Derivative Work, you make such Derivative Work available to others on the same terms as this licence.

7. Disclaimer

Although we provide our site in good faith we cannot and do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, quality or completeness of the resources, or other information available via this site. In particular, we do not endorse in any way, nor accept responsibility for the conduct of any users or any opinions, advice, statements or other information or content made available by users who upload content to this site.

Please be aware although this site may contain or refer to third parties’ products or services, including software applications, (“Third Party Material”) the inclusion of or reference to such Third Party Material on our site does not represent an endorsement, either express or by implication, of them, nor does it indicate that the Third Party Material has been evaluated or approved by us. You use this material at entirely your own risk. We do not accept responsibility for any loss or damage you incur as a result of using it.

We do not promise that your access to the site, its content or Third Party Materials will be delivered uninterrupted, timely or error-free, or that the site will be free from viruses or other harmful properties. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the site is done entirely at your own risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material.

You agree that, to the extent permitted by law, we will not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or other type of loss or injury resulting from: (i) your downloading or use of any content from our site; or (ii) any interactions between users of the site; or (iii) any use made by any third party of content uploaded by you on the site.

8. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless us, our employees, agents and licensors from and against any claim, liability, cost, damage or loss we or they may incur (including reasonable legal fees) as a result of (i) any material that you post, transmit, or otherwise make available (ii) your use of this site and any material posted on it (iii) any actions you take which disrupt access to and/or functioning of our site (iv) or any breach by you of your obligations under these Terms, in particular, the Rules of collaboration.

9. Site availability

Whilst the only downtime should normally be for planned fixed periods, we may temporarily suspend or interrupt access to the site from time to time without notice in order to repair, improve or upgrade the site.

10. General

Severability

If any part of the provisions of these Terms is found to be unenforceable as a matter of law, all other parts of these Terms will not be affected and will remain in force.

Entire agreement

These Terms govern our relationship with you and represent our entire agreement with you.

Waiver

If you breach these Terms and we choose to ignore your breach, we will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies at a later date or in any other situation where you breach the Terms again.

Reservation of rights

Any rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved.

Governing law and jurisdiction

The contract between us will be concluded in English. Any disputes or claims arising out of or in connection with the contract between us are governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. The English courts will have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any disputes which arise between us in connection with this site.